Police sent to bloggers house over tweets about Ukip policies

Cambridgeshire police asked a blogger to remove a series of tweets criticising Ukip policies. The police visit was prompted after a Ukip councillor called the police to complain about the tweets (The Guardian).

The Chief Constable has since responded to the incident saying the visit was unnecessary and calling for the incident "to be reviewed to ensure we do not get involved unless there is clear evidence that an offence may have been committed"(Cambs-police).

International Developments

US Communications Commissions opens Net Neutrality question to public

US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are developing rules that would allow large companies to pay an extra fee to Internet Service Providers for faster 'internet lanes' that would send content (such as videos) much faster to their customers.

The Commission's chairman, Tom Wheeler has announced a four month period for public comment, where the public is free to submit what they think of the new proposals.

According to the report, Snapchat, Amazon and AT&T rated lowest, while Apple, Dropbox, Facebook and Twitter were among the 9 companies that received a full rating. Some of the criteria for the report were whether the company requires a warrant to release the content; whether they notify users about government data requests or if they publish transparency reports.